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bathroom.
    “We’re just dancing,” Mel said.
    “Uh-huh.” Harper folded her arms across her chest and eyed Mel skeptically.
    “Look,” Mel whispered as they got in line. “I like him, all right. And I’ve liked him for a while now. But I’m just trying not to look too much into it, at least not until he makes a move.”
    “He’s been making a move all night.”
    “By dancing? Well, if that’s the case, then you and Shep are on the brink of a relationship yourselves.”
    “Me and Shep? I don’t think so,” Harper said, shaking her head. “You know I love the man dearly, and I’d be blind if I said he wasn’t attractive, but Nathanial Shepherd is like a brother to me. Always has been, always will be. Besides, Grace told me he’s still in love with Hannah.”
    “I’ve always thought that,” Mel said, trying to get Harper onto a new topic of conversation.
    Hannah Sterling had spent a summer in Mirabelle almost thirteen years ago, then left and had never come back. Mel had known Shep all her life and seen him with a fair share of women. And even though Mel had been only twelve at the time, she hadn’t been oblivious to the way Shep had looked at Hannah. Nor had she missed the fact that he’d never looked at any other woman the same way since.
    “Yeah, me too, but don’t think I’m going to let you change the subject. You and Bennett have been doing way more than dancing. And that boy hasn’t had eyes for any other woman tonight. It’s just you.”
    “Harper,” Mel pleaded. She really didn’t want to turn this into something that it wasn’t. She had a crush on him…and as far as she knew that was it. That was all there was, just her insignificant schoolgirl crush.
    “I’m serious, Mel. You can bury your head in the sand all you want, but Bennett Hart is totally into you.”
    “Whatever you say,” Mel said, trying not to think about the little flutter in her stomach.
    But that feeling just couldn’t be ignored, and if it was possible it intensified over the next ten minutes as they waited in line and finally used the restroom.
    *  *  *
    “Soooo,” Shep said, coming up next to Bennett at the bar. “Are you going to deny there’s anything going on with you and Mel? ’Cause Brendan said you claim to being only friends.”
    Bennett groaned internally. He just couldn’t get a break from these guys, could he? “When the hell did you have time to discuss that?”
    “When you and Mel were out on the floor dancing a tad too close for just friends .”
    “You guys gossip like a bunch of old women,” Bennett said, shaking his head.
    “Yeah, we do,” he said, placing his hand on Bennett’s shoulder. “So here’s the deal. Brendan, Jax, and I watched Mel grow up right alongside our little Gracie. And like Grace, we look at Mel as our little sister. Well, when I say we , I just mean me , in regards to Grace being like a sister. Obviously she is Brendan’s actual little sister,” Shep rambled on. “And as for Jax, he apparently didn’t have brotherly feelings for Grace. But you get what I mean.”
    “Not really,” Bennett said.
    “You’re a good guy, and really it would be great to see the two of you together, but don’t hurt Mel,” Shep said seriously.
    “I don’t know where this is going.” Bennett started to feel more than a little uneasy. He didn’t know if it was going anywhere at all. Yes, he was interested in Mel, but that didn’t make them a couple. He wasn’t even sure if he wanted that. Truth be told, he had no idea what he wanted.
    “Just be careful.” Shep removed his hand from Bennett’s shoulder and took a step back. “Now I’m off to get a drink.”
    “Good luck,” Bennett said. He started to make his way back through the crowd, his mind a bit of a jumble.
    How the hell had everything snowballed so quickly?
    Bennett had gone out tonight only to have a fun time with his friends. He’d only wanted to have some food, a couple of drinks, good